Research & Informational Videos
Known Research
Many studies have been conducted to expand the knowledge and information about the benefits of stuffed animals. List below are some of the included studies.
Stuffed animals for coping and communication in the hospital: a child life perspective
Consists of exploring the perspectives that may surround the relevance and effectiveness stuffed animals have on a child’s wellbeing, in this case, in a hospital setting
Examining Stress and Pet/Stuffed Animal Attachtment Levels with College Students
Investigated stress levels around college campuses and how pets and stuffed animals play a role in aiding mental health of college students.
Health Benefits of Animal-Assisted Interventions
Relating both mental and physical health, Michele Morrison explains health benefits animal-assisted interventions can embrace. Morrison’s research covers a significant amount of topics; history of animals in healing, effectiveness of AAIs, and defining AAIs.
“ ‘My Stuffed Animals Help Me’: The Importance, Barriers, and Strategies for Adequate Sleep Behaviors of School-Age Children and Parents.”
Devon Golem and contributing authors, take a look at sleep behaviors through children and adults. These sleep behaviors vary between age groups, which can cause detrimental physical and mental effects.
The Positives Of Plushies: Stuffed Animals Have Benefits For Children And Adults
Journal that includes mutiple different studies about the useage of stuffed animals. It covers different aspects of life stuffed animals can be involed in, including sleep, social, and developmental habits.
Childhood Neglect, Attachment to Companion Animals, and Stuffed Animals as Attachment Objects in Women and Men
Researches investigate the relation between child abuse through childhood and the impact it has on attachtment issues. These issues can be linked between the usages of stuffed animals.
Kelsey Motherway is only in middle school and is taking initiative to spread information about the importance of stuffed animals. This video includes Kelsey’s own point of view, experience, and feelings that help portray to younger generations.
*Video is credited to TEDed (student conversations) led by Kelsey Motherway
Interview Video
As shown in the video, different indivduals are interviewed and asked to answer a set of questions about their usage of stuffed animals. The questions consists of understanding why the indivduals feel the need to use stuffed animals and their opinions surrounding it as well.
It is important to gain an understanding from indivduals who you can relate to. With this, we can grow our perceptions and, ultimately, our ideas and opinions to help those around us.
Improving foundations of development one stuffed animal at a time!
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